Author: Scott Lemieux

Bari Weiss is very upset that The Left doesn’t have its priorities in order: We live in a world in which politically fascistic behavior, if not the actual philosophy, is unquestionably on the rise. Italy just gave the plurality of its vote to a party that is highly sympathetic to Vladimir Putin. The Philippines is […]

In response to the accurate observation that Paul Ryan could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and not lose the New York Times, Nobdy provides an exciting preview of the Next Great Idea from America’s most serious, principled, and deficit-adverse policy wonk, presumably in the voice of the inevitable fawning Jacob Weisberg article that will meet […]

James Bennet’s tenure hasn’t been a total bust — Michelle Goldberg was an excellent hire, and it’s good to see an intelligent discussion of labor in the nation’s most-read op-ed page: That’s one reason the statewide teachers’ strike in West Virginia, which on Monday entered its eighth day, is so thrilling. Strikes by teachers are […]

As Paul says, Jane Mayer’s reporting is absolutely remarkable, and the story should be read in full. But as International Man of Principled Integritude James Comey embarks on his rehabilitation tour, like Adam I think this is worth highlighting: It wasn’t until October 7, 2016, that anyone in the Obama Administration spoke publicly about Russia’s […]